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Battle of Britain airfield

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Sharing the history of a Battle of Britain airfield
  • Military Aviation Heritage Networks Trail
    Military Aviation Heritage Networks Trail
  • The RAF Kenley Heritage Trail on Kenley Common
    The RAF Kenley Heritage Trail on Kenley Common
  • RAF Kenley and Kenley Common today..
    RAF Kenley and Kenley Common today..

Discover the most intact airfield from WWII

The Kenley Revival Project is a Heritage Lottery Funded project which aims to preserve and protect the most intact fighter airfield from World War II. From our website you’ll be able to see the progress of our project, submit any stories or memories you have and find out how you can volunteer and come to one of our events. Find out more about us or get in touch.

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  • Pilot Officer Adrian Francis Laws DFM

    Pilot Officer Adrian Francis Laws DFM

  • Wallace Royle Juden Lidbetter - Gunner to Home Guard

    Wallace Royle Juden Lidbetter - Gunner to Home Guard

  • Sappers' Sacrifice - Warlingham, 8th September, 1940

    Sappers' Sacrifice - Warlingham, 8th September, 1940

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  • Peril for the Public on Hayes Lane

    From it's earliest days as an Air Acceptance Park, there had been anxiety about public access to Hayes Lane, which at the time ran in a straight line from the end of Buxton Lane through to the junction with Old Lodge Lane.

  • The Royal Tournament, 1919

    Why was this strange photo of a tipped-up bi-plane considered important enough to be printed in the Daily Mail, one of the most successful papers of the day?

  • Pilot Officer William Daniel Disbrey - A Horseshoe for Luck!

    Pilot Officer William Daniel Disbrey wrote off two of No.3 Squadron's Bristol Bulldog fighters within a week during 1934, and escaped relatively unscathed..but would his luck hold out?
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    • Linda Duffield on The Air Transport AuxiliaryMany thanks to John Webster for this answer to Eric's question below: "I have just come across your website references...
    • Hilary Blackburn nee Brown on Sergeant Ivor Morrison BrownI am a niece of Morrison, as he was known to the family, and of Stewart. Morrison’s family nickname was...
    • Sue Perry on Derek Jenkins’ Memories of Kenley’s Married QuartersI found this Very interesting information as on my birth certificate it states that my parents resided at no7 married...
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  • Battle of Britain Memorial Flight "Hardest Day" Flypast

    August 21, 2022
    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    The Tribute, Kenley Common
    This year, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight fly past of RAF Kenley will take place on 21st August, at 13.32.
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